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c. N. GUTTER, 0E WDEGESTEE MASSACHUSETTS ASSIGNOETD DAVIS, HILL, -ANDcoMPANMgoE SAME PLAGE.

Leam Pafemlvo. 79,322,v dageaJu-ne 30,1858.

IMEEINEMEIIIII IN METALLIG REEDS EOE' MUSIGIIL INSTRUMENTS.

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KNOWALL MEN EY ,THESE PRESENTS: l

That I, C. N. CUTTER,'of the city and -county of Worcester, andCommonwealth of Massachusetts, have 'jnventedcertain new and usefulImprovements in M etallieReeds for Musical Instruments; and I 'dohereby' declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had totheaecompanyingd'rawings, forming a. part of this specification, Iinwhich-- Figure 1 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a metallic reedmade according to my present invention.

Figure 2 represents a longitudinal central section on line a. b, g.1. I

Figure 3 represents, upon a still larger scale, a cross-sectiononline ed, iig. 1; and

`Figure 4 represents, upon an enlarged scale, a perspective viewof theholding-staple or clasp by which the base of the'tongue'is'retained inplace. A I

' To enable thosepskilledin theort to which my invention belongs to makeandnse the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, A is the-frame or main part of'the reed, and B thetongue. 'lhe base, a, of the latter-is fastened to the part A by meansof the peculiarly-constructedor formed staple or clasp, C, lshowndetached in fig. 4. Holes are punched or formed in the part A to receivethe projections b of the clasp C, a space being left-between said holessucierit for the base, a, of the tongue.

Themode ot`- fastening.-th'e tongne is as follows The base, a, of theItongue is placed upon the bridge c of the part the ends-b'b of theclasp C beingpassed through the holesin the partA A,one end, b, oneachside of the base of the tongue. The ends b b are then forced :or driventhrough, and headed down upon the opposite or lower sideiof the part A,thereby drawing the top of.

loop, staple, orclasp C down f irmlyupon 'the base, d, of tongueB,'Ivhereby, when the parts are finished up, the fastening of the tongueis lvery secure, and at the same timel'notliable to even spring 'or openso as to permit the passage of nir between the base, a, of the tongueand bridge e-a defect in many of the tongue-connections or fastenngsheretofore in use, andwhich myprcsent improvements are designed toobviate. As the shoulders d d of the part C rest upon the topzof thepart A, there is no danger of the clasp C getting displaced or twisted'out of line. It will be observed that the top part of clasp C is so madethat when driven down into place, it forms a box or cover to the end of`the tongue, as indicated in the drawings, preventing all dust fromworkingA in under the edges of base, a, as Well as the passage ofar`unde'r, the same.

AOther-wise than above" described, the reed may be made in any ofthe-common modes in general use. v Having described my improvedmetallereed, what I claim therein'as new and of my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The-combination, with the base a, of the tongue B and the mam orframe part A, -of a holding-staple,

clasp, or loop, substantiallyasand for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the tongue B and frame or base A, of the claspC, having projections b b and and shoulders d substantially asand'forthe purposes set forth.

' C. N.- CUTTER.'4

